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The article offers information on the 53rd annual meeting of the U.S.-based Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) at Orlando, Florida from July 15 to 19, 2012. Topics discussed at the event include concerns about challenges to nuclear materials management due to earthquake and tsunami...

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the March 26, 2011 issue on topics including the development of nuclear energy in Japan, the nuclear reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and the safety of nuclear technology.

This article discusses the impact of the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors on the nuclear industry in 2011. According to the article, the crisis threatens the revival of the industry as politicians want a temporary moratorium on nuclear power. It cites the decision of German...

The article discusses neighborhoods near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan which data from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology suggests will be uninhabitable for years due to radiation after the nuclear accident at the plant in March 2011.

In this article the author discusses the environmental impact of the 2011 Sendai earthquake in Japan and the subsequent tsunami and nuclear accident. A variety of topics are addressed including the numbers of dead in the earthquake, the damage done to several nuclear reactors in Japan and the...

An article is presented that reports on mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) as a fuel at nuclear power plants. MOX is a blend of uranium and plutonium and was in use at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant during its reactor accident following the March 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami. The article...

Reveals the contents of a final report on the February 1991 nuclear power accident at Japan's Mihama plant by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Human error, defective technology, inadequate inspection procedures and lack of emergency instructions the cause.